耶穌正傳——第十八章
CHAPTER 18
第十八章
Jesus at a feast in Jerusalem. Is grieved by the cruelties of the sacrificers. Appeals to Hillel, who sympathizes with him. He remains in the temple a year.
耶穌到耶路撒冷參與節慶、為祭司的殘忍憂傷、訴諸希勒。希勒表示同情。耶穌留在殿中一年。
THE great feast of the Jews was on, and Joseph, Mary and their son, and many of their kin, went to Jerusalem. The child was ten years old.
1、猶太人舉行盛大的節慶，約瑟、馬利亞帶著耶穌同許多親屬同上耶路撒冷。那時，耶穌十歲。
2) And Jesus watched the butchers kill the lambs and birds and burn them on the altar in the name of God.
2、他看見屠夫宰殺羊羔鳥類，奉神的名在壇上焚燒它們的肉。
3) His tender heart was shocked at this display of cruelty;he asked the serving priests, What is the purpose of this slaughter of the beasts and birds? Why do you burn their flesh before the Lord?
3、他幼嫩的心靈被這種殘忍的儀式震驚了，他問當職的祭司，這樣宰殺牲畜鳥類有何意義呢？為何要在主前焚燒它們的肉呢？
4) The priest replied, This is our sacrifice for sin. God has commanded us to do these things, and said that in these sacrifices all our sins are blotted out.
4、祭司說，這是我們的贖罪禮。神吩咐我們這樣行，且說祭物可塗抹我們的罪。
5) And Jesus said, Will you be kind enough to tell when God proclaimed that sins are blotted out by sacrifice of any kind?
5、耶穌說，你能否告訴我，神何時宣告祭物可塗抹罪呢？
6) Did not David say that God requires not a sacrifice for sin? that it is a sin itself to bring before his face burnt offerings, as offerings for sin? Did not Isaiah say the same?
6、大衛不是說，神不需要贖罪祭嗎？他不是說，在主前獻祭贖罪本身就是罪嗎？以賽亞不也這樣說嗎？
7) The priest replied, My child you are beside yourself. Do you know more about the laws of God than all the priests of Israel? This is no place for boys to show their wit.
7、祭司說，孩子，你一定是瘋了，你比以色列的祭司更了解神的律法嗎？這裡可不是小孩子自作聰明的地方。
8) But Jesus heeded not his taunts;he went to Hillel, chief of the Sanhedrin, and he said to him,
8、耶穌不理會他的嘲笑，他去見公會領袖希勒，對他說，
9) Rabboni, I would like to talk with you;I am disturbed about this service of the pascal feast. I thought the temple was the house of God where love and kindness dwell.
9、拉波尼，我想和你說話，我為祭祀感到不安。我本想聖殿是神的家，是彰顯愛和仁慈的地方。
10) Do you not hear the bleating of those lambs, the pleading of those doves that men are killing over there? Do you not smell that awful stench that comes from burning flesh?
10、你沒聽見羊羔的呼號、鴿子的哀鳴嗎？你沒聞見它們的肉燒出的臭味嗎？
11) Can man be kind and just, and still be filled with cruelty?
11、人可能仁慈、公義，卻又充滿殘忍嗎？
12) A God that takes delight in sacrifice, in blood and burning flesh, is not my Father-God.
12、一個喜歡祭祀、血腥的神，不是我的父神。
13) I want to find a God of love, and you, my master, you are wise, and surely you can tell me where to find the God of love.
13、我想尋找一位愛的神，我的師父，你是智慧人，定能告訴我哪裡可找到這位愛的神。
14) But Hillel could not give an answer to the child. His heart was stirred with sympathy. He called the child to him;he laid his hand upon his head and wept.
14、希勒無法回答他的問題，他的心充滿了同情。他把孩子叫到身邊，撫摸他的頭，流下了眼淚。
15) He said, There is a God of love, and you shall come with me;and hand in hand we will go forth and find the God of love.
15、他說，確有一位愛的神，你跟我來，我們一起去尋找這位愛的神。
16) And Jesus said, Why need we go? I thought that God is everywhere. Can we not purify our hearts and drive out cruelty, and every wicked thought, and make within, a temple where the God of love can dwell?
16、耶穌說，我們何必去呢？我想神是無所不在的。我們不能潔淨心靈，驅除殘忍，掃除惡念，使心靈成為愛的神居住的聖殿嗎？
17) The master of the great Sanhedrin felt as though he was himself the child, and that before him stood Rabboni, master of the higher law.
17、公會領袖覺得自己好像是個孩子，而站在他面前的乃是一位大師。
18) He said within himself, This child is surely a prophet sent from God.
18、他想，這孩子一定是神所差來的先知。
19) Then Hillel sought the parents of the child, and asked that Jesus might abide with them, and learn the precepts of the law, and all the lessons of the temple priests.
19、希勒就尋找孩子的父母，請求讓耶穌與他們同住，以學習律法條規和祭司課程。
20) His parents gave consent, and Jesus did abide within the holy temple in Jerusalem, and Hillel taught him every day.
20、他的父母同意了，耶穌就住在耶路撒冷的聖殿，希勒每天教他功課。
21) And every day the master learned from Jesus many lessons of the higher life.
21、每天，希勒也從耶穌學到許多更高生命之道。
22) The child remained with Hillel in the temple for a year, and then returned unto his home in Nazareth;and there he wrought with Joseph as a carpenter.
22、耶穌與希勒在聖殿同住了一年，之後回到拿撒勒的家，與約瑟一起做木匠活。